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ttxela Joined: 04/09/2007 Location: Cambs View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 19/06/2011 22:02:45 Reply | Quote Why does every thread I post in degenerate into this sort of thing   Mind you, you're not wrong. It took a lot of scrubbing to get my helmet clean after that trip. IP: 92.11.206.61 |
Vanoord Joined: 28/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 20/06/2011 14:29:42 Reply | Quote Er, this Spark lamp thingy... I don't reckon that torch-derived headlamps are necessarily the way ahead (at the moment). A lot of the development by the Chinese in headlamps seems to be designed to give monstrous throw with quite a tight beam - I suspect the fact that a lot of torches seem to be aimed at the hunting market is behind this*. Thus, a headlamp which effectively uses a torch head / reflector will tend to be optimised for distance rather than spread - which in my opinion is not what you're looking for, despite some vendors trying to tell you that a 6" spot at 20 yards is what you need. That said, an orange peel reflector will help things somewhat - as the comparison beam-shot on CPF demonstrates. I guess it's horses for courses - but at the moment my thinking is that if you want a headlamp for underground use, you're best bet is to get something that's intended for underground use. That said, there are a lot of Chinese Miners Lamps on the market which promise the earth but are neither well-made, nor are they anywhere near as bright as they should be given recent developments in LED technology... * for example, the Fenix TK15 is equipped with springs at both ends of the battery compartment, solely to prevent the light from being switched off by recoil when it's rifle-mounted! -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.81.146 |
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 20/06/2011 14:31:58 Reply | Quote Vanoord wrote: That said, there are a lot of Chinese Miners Lamps on the market which promise the earth but are neither well-made, nor are they anywhere near as bright as they should be given recent developments in LED technology... They actually don't need to be (bright that is - not well made) there's no need for 400+ lumens if you're working by the light of one all day. -- Remember there is nothing to be gained by trying to get away. IP: 95.147.255.135 |
Edd Joined: 02/07/2008 Location: Alderley Edge View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 20/06/2011 22:44:30 Reply | Quote simonrl wrote: Vanoord wrote: That said, there are a lot of Chinese Miners Lamps on the market which promise the earth but are neither well-made, nor are they anywhere near as bright as they should be given recent developments in LED technology... They actually don't need to be (bright that is - not well made) there's no need for 400+ lumens if you're working by the light of one all day. You would end up with a blinding headache working like that all day IP: 62.254.11.22 |
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Vanoord Joined: 28/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 21/06/2011 08:57:34 Reply | Quote Yarp, that's true. I don't imagine that Chinese mine owners are too concerned about the quality of the emitter in their worker's lamps!  -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.81.146 |
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 21/06/2011 08:58:34 Reply | Quote edd wrote: simonrl wrote: Vanoord wrote: That said, there are a lot of Chinese Miners Lamps on the market which promise the earth but are neither well-made, nor are they anywhere near as bright as they should be given recent developments in LED technology... They actually don't need to be (bright that is - not well made) there's no need for 400+ lumens if you're working by the light of one all day. You would end up with a blinding headache working like that all day Not a plug but a fair comment: So why do I call my low end lamps "WorkStars"? -- ''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change IP: 89.240.176.84 |
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Vanoord Joined: 28/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Anyone have any experience of this lamp?
Posted: 21/06/2011 09:01:59 Reply | Quote royfellows wrote: Not a plug but a fair comment: So why do I call my low end lamps "WorkStars"? That's something to do with the inner workings of your mind, Roy - and if you'll forgive me, that's not something I wish to consider in too much detail!  -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 81.130.81.146 |
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